A/N: Hey everyone! This is my first story, so go easy on me! xD I really hope you guys enjoy and that it doesn't have TOO many mistakes! I'll probably get a friend to beta the next chapter, so I'm excited about that! ^-^ Anyways, enjoy and remember to R&R!
Disclaimer: I don't own KHR.
"Hey, Tsuna!" Yamamoto called out to the brunette. "Good morning, Juudaime!" Gokudera greeted happily. "Good morning," Tsuna looked like he just woke up. The two guardians searched, but couldn't find Reborn. "Well let's get going. We wouldn't want to see an angry Hibari," The baseball player chuckled. "Tch. I'll kill him if he lays a hand on Juudaime," The silver haired teen balled his fists, starting to walk off, nevertheless. Tsuna smiled at that, also walking with his friends. The brunette lingered a few paces behind his friends, laughing as Gokudera argued with the other. On the way to school, Tsuna's hyper intuition acted up; he stopped abruptly, trying to find out why he was feeling paranoid. The two guardians noticed his change in demeanor, turning around to see what happened. "Juudaime! What happened?" Gokudera was at Tsuna's side, looking around the vicinity. Then, just as quickly as it had started, it stopped; the hyper intuition sensed nothing. Tsuna lightened up, staring. What had just happened? "Oh nothing…My hyper intuition was acting weird. I don't think it was anything anyways…" The boy sounded unsure of himself. It was odd. Something was wrong, that's for sure. His hyper intuition was almost always right, and he relied on it some of the times, but this time, Tsuna hoped that it was wrong. "Haha, don't act like that! You got us worried there for a second!" Yamamoto laughed. "Shut it, baseball freak. You don't know if he's okay! Juudaime, are you sure you're completely fine?" The bomber was worried for the young Vongola. "Yeah, thanks for worrying for me though. We really should get to school now though…" Tsuna headed forward onto school.
"Herbivores, you're late." An annoyed voice sighed. "Haha, well we kind of got caught up with things…" Yamamoto tried to explain to Hibari as to why they were late. "There are no excuses for this. I'll bite you to death," The prefect whipped out his tonfas and took a stance. Immediately, Gokudera jumped in front of Tsuna and readied his dynamite. "Ah, Hibari. I'm sorry!" Tsuna stepped to the side of Gokudera and slightly bowed. "Tch. Whatever. I don't have time for you herbivores anyways." The prefect stored his weapons and walked off. "Ah, good thing Hibari didn't bite us to death," Relief was apparent in the brunette's voice. "Don't worry, Juudaime! I wouldn't let that bastard do anything to you!" "Thanks, Gokudera…" Tsuna trailed off, noticing a change in the atmosphere around him.
"Sawada, can you answer this question?" His teacher purposely called on the distant brunette, seeing as he wasn't paying attention. "Huh? Oh," Tsuna scrunched his eyes at the board, the jumble of numbers foreign to him. "Eh…42?" The teacher sighed. "No, it's not 42. Blindly guessing won't help." Murmurs of "As expected of Dame-Tsuna" and "Of course, it's Dame-Tsuna" Were heard around the room. Looking away again, Tsuna thought that he could barely see a sudden movement in the tree. It wasn't on of an animal, which was for sure. And the presence…It was familiar, but something about it was off.
It was lunch now, and Tsuna and his friends took their regular seat on the roof. "Juudaime, I noticed that something was wrong with you during class! You looked like something was bothering you, like this morning! I wish that you would tell me what's going on! As your right-hand man, I deserve to know!" Gokudera exclaimed. "Ah, it's nothing to worry about! It's just my Hyper Intuition! But it's fine. Nothing's wrong, I promise." The brunette tried to assure his friends. "But Juudaime-" "Gokudera, really. Nothing's wrong." Tsuna's voice was sharper than usual. The bomber remained silent. Hoping to break the awkward silence, Yamamoto spoke up "Well it's a great day, huh? Actually, where's Reborn? I haven't seen him anytime today. "Now that you mention it, I haven't seen him either…" Gokudera looked around. "Yesterday, he said he had some matters to take care of in Italy. Reborn said that he'd be back sometime next month…" Tsuna trailed off as if trying to recollect what the Arcobaleno had said to him. "Did he say anything about what he was going to do?" The base-ball player inquired. "No. He just said that he needed to do something, would be back sometime next month, and then left." The rest of lunch was fairly quiet; no talk other than the occasional questions on the topic of school.
While the group of friends were walking home, they were greeted by a certain violet-haired female. Gokudera ran in front of Chrome and demanded "What do you want?" Taken aback by the silver-haired teenager, she talked in a quiet voice "Murkuro-sama wanted me to warn you…" She trailed off. "Warn us about what, Chrome?" She looked up to see Tsuna smiling warmly at her. "Warn you that something dreadful is about to happen. Murkuro-sama wanted me to tell Boss that he should be on his guard and fight back, or else the game won't be fun…" Chrome, after finishing her last sentence, vanished. "Hey!" Gokudera yelled. "Hey! What game? What are you talking about?" "Gokudera, Chrome's gone…" Tsuna stared at the space that the purple-haired girl was recently in. "Hey, Tsuna, what game do you think Chrome's talking about?" The base-ball player asked. "I don't know-" The young Vongola was cut off by Gokudera "It doesn't matter! Whatever Pineapple-Head's planning, it can't be good! Don't worry, Juudaime! I'll protect you no matter what!" Tsuna didn't answer to that. "What game is Chrome talking about? What does Mukuro have planned?" The boy thought to himself, still pondering on the illusionist's words.
The rest of the way home was mostly silent; the three friends were thinking about what Chrome had said. They waved their farewells and parted; Tsuna walking into his home. "Hello, Mama, everyone. I'm home," The brunette called out to the members of his family. "Welcome home, Tsu-kun!" "Tsuna-nii!" There were greetings from his mom, and children (Bianchi had left with Reborn to Italy). "I'm heading to my room now," "Okay! I'll call you down when dinner's ready!" Tsuna's mother's voice was warm and relieving and the boy loved to hear it; it took his mind off the stress that was about to renter him when he was alone.
In his room, the young Vongola felt an emptiness; without Reborn, there was really nothing to do. He would have been hanging out with his friends, but now, the boy just wanted to talk to his tutor about what Chrome had said. Surely the Arcobaleno would have some kind of solution to what the Mist Guardian had said. But Reborn wasn't here, and there was no way to contact him, which left Tsuna empty-handed.
The next few days passed without any kind of disruption; a rare thing to happen. Tsuna talked liked normal with his fellow guardians and they nearly forgot about the incident with Chrome. Nearly forgot. Every now and then, Tsuna's mind would wander off and think about what the Mist Guardian had spoken. He would try to forget about it, though in his mind, Tsuna knew that it wasn't the best choice. In all reality, he wanted to forget about it until Reborn came from Italy; there was no reason to ponder about a matter he couldn't help. Although Tsuna tried to forget about the incident, there was still that presence that constantly pestered him. It wasn't even a strong presence; it was barely noticeable, but was enough to make the young Vongola go insane. He wanted it to go away, but also was curious as to who or what it belonged to. Something about it was familiar, but the boy couldn't pinpoint what. He had an idea that it had something to do with Mukuro. No, he knew that it had something to do with the illusionist, but what? Mukuro was making his presence obviously noticeable to Tsuna; he could easily hide his presence if he decided to do so, but no. The violet-haired illusionist decided to make sure that Tsuna, and Tsuna alone knew he was there. His intentions as to why he was doing that were unknown, though.
The constant aura nearby Tsuna lasted until there were only seven days before the Arcobaleno would get back. The boy was walking home alone (Yamamoto was at base-ball practice and Gokudera wasn't feeling well; Tsuna took nearly an hour to convince Gokudera to stay home) before noticing a strong rising in the presence. The source of the aura appeared a few meters in front of Tsuna. The young Vongola jumped back, his Hyper Intuition telling him to run; he disregarded this though. A man known by the name Mukuro materialized, lips curled up into a sinister smirk. "Good afternoon, Sawada Tsunayoshi. It's a fancy meeting you here…" The illusionist chuckled before glaring at the boy. "Wh-Wha do you want, M-Mukuro?" Tsuna tried to put on a defiant act, but ended up sound cowardly. "The same thing I've always wanted with you. This time though, I'm sure to get it. There is no Arcobaleno to stop me, and you seem to be alone right now…" The Mist Guardian advanced forward, causing the younger of the two to step back…Right into a wall. "First off, let's go where no one will disturb us," Mukuro murmured, almost to himself and cast some sort of illusion spell around them. "Now, Sawada Tsunayoshi, I believe that that body of yours now belongs to me…" The illusionist chuckled, flashing a twisted grin at the young Vongola before reaching a hand at Tsuna's chest.
A/N: Well this is the first chapter! If you enjoyed it, please remember to R&R so I know that people are enjoying it! I want to write more of this because I like the idea, but if you guys don't review, I'll think that you don't like it! :)
-Astral Ascension